The Playground and the River

Hi again:

Today was a really fun day. We went back to St. Guilhem le Desert with our friends Natasha and Laura this morning before they headed for Barcelona (in Spain) and this time I finally had the chance to go to the playground in St. Guilhem. Last week, my parents wouldn’t let me and we were all really cranky, especially me. But this week Daddy stayed with me and Naomi in the playground while Mommy and Natasha and Laura hiked around and did boring grownup stuff. I had lots of fun. We went on the swings and I played house with Naomi and pretended there was a war between Spain and France and we were on the train and I was trying to get Naomi on the train because they could shoot her (I was the mom and she was the kid). There was a wooden train in the playground and I kept climbing on top of the roof. We have pictures, but we can’t download them right now from my dad’s Iphone for some reason.

Now I’m going to tell you about a walk I did today with Noah, my friend, to the river (and my dad and Mom and Naomi were along, too, and his mother). We walked through the countryside until we reached the river. Noah and I were faster than the others and we hid in the weeds and I surprised my Dad after he was calling for me (and he was right in front of me). My dad and Noah skipped stones but I didn’t because I’m horrible at it. I just throw it and it drowns. I dug a hole instead and then I made my holes into a small pond. And we made a bridge. There were hundreds of starlings in the trees and they were making a lot of noise and flew right over my head. There are a lot of hunters around and we saw a lot of shotgun shells on the ground. In the summer we are going swimming at that spot in the river and we’re going to have a picnic, too. It’s really beautiful there, even with the shotgun shells. By the way, I don’t hunters because they kill animals and I want to be an animal rescuer when I’m older.

On the way back, I was climbing a stone wall with Noah to get to the other side and I scratched my tummy really bad and it was bleeding. It still hurts now at night. It’s a bit bumpy. And Naomi was running along the path and fell face forward in the mud. My mom had to give her a shower and take off her muddy clothes when we got back. LOL!

I went to Noah’s house and had crepes with Nutella that his mom made.

That’s all for tonight. See you soon. Au revoir (I like using French words in my blog).

Shoshie